hardened
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hardened
- /ˈhɑːdn̩d/ UK
- /ˈhɑɹd(ə)nd/ US
verb harden'd
- simple past and past participle of harden
adjective more hardened · most hardened · harden'd
- Made physically hard. hardened steel
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Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured.
hardened police officers
Similar: habituated, toughened, hard-bitten
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Unfeeling; pitiless; callous.
The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears.
Similar: harsh, severe, brutal, callous, cold, insensate, hardhanded, cold-eyed, cruel, dour, thick-skinned, flint-hearted
- Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad; unlikely to change one's ways; inveterate. hardened criminals
- Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified. a hardened air base
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hard, tough, case-hardened, tempered, set, burnt, sunbaked, treated, baked, hard-boiled, annealed, burned, enured, inured, toughened, hard-core
Translations
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adj made physically hard
| Español | endurecido |
|---|
adj inured, toughened
| Português | endurecido |
|---|---|
| Français | endurci |
| Deutsch | gehärtet |
| Italiano | indurito |
adj unfeeling; pitiless; callous
| Español | endurecido, aguerrido |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | abgehärtet, verhärtet |
| Русский | огрубе́вший ogrubévšij |
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